Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente (DISPAA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144, Florence, Italy,
Ambio. 2014 Mar;43(2):191-5. doi: 10.1007/s13280-013-0418-2. Epub 2013 Jul 13.
In the span of a human generation, fire can, in theory, impact all the land covered by vegetation. Its occurrence has many important direct and indirect effects on soil, some of which are long-lasting or even permanent. As a consequence, fire must be considered a soil-forming factor, on par with the others traditionally recognized, namely: parent material, topography, time, climate, living beings not endowed with the power of reason, and humans.
在人类一代人的时间里,火在理论上可以影响所有被植被覆盖的土地。它的发生对土壤有许多重要的直接和间接影响,其中一些是持久的,甚至是永久性的。因此,火必须被视为与传统上被认可的其他因素一样,是一种成土因素,即:母质、地形、时间、气候、没有理性力量的生物和人类。